THE DIPLOMACY OF ANNEXATION Texas, Oregon and the Mexican War by David M. Pletcher. 1975 University of Missouri Press (Columbia, Missouri), 1st Edition/2nd Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good- price-clipped dust jacket - slight bumping to spine ends, very slight bowing to boards; shallow chipping & half-inch closed tear with crease to DJ bottom front edge, fading to DJ spine, chipping with nicks to DJ top edges.